Meals On Wheels People Gear Up For Thanksgiving

PORTLAND, OR — With Thanksgiving just a few weeks away, Meals on Wheels People reminds the community the organization will deliver more than 1,800 hot turkey dinners and host a community Thanksgiving dinner at two locations later this month.

Hosted by St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, the two meals will be held between 11:30 a.m and 1 p.m. Nov. 23 at the Elsie Stuhr Center, 5550 S.W. Hall Blvd. in Beaverton, and at the Tigard Senior Center at Portland Community College, 8815 S.W. O'Mara St. in Tigard. Dinner guests will receive the traditional fixings, including roast turkey and gravy, cranberry relish, bread stuffing, mashed taters, yams, pumpkin pie, and more.

"A traditional holiday meal with turkey and all the trimmings will be delivered by volunteers to our most frail and isolated seniors on Thanksgiving Day," Meals on Wheels People Executive Director Suzanne Washington said in a statement. "We are so grateful for the community volunteers who spend part of their holiday making the day brighter for these seniors."

Since 1970, Meals on Wheels People has provided a "nutritional and social lifeline" for homebound seniors and older adults from 30 different locations in Multnomah, Washington, and Clark counties. Locally, more than 5,000 volunteers help keep the program running, serving 5,000 meals per day, and more than one million meals per year.

Pick up sites for Meals on Wheels People deliveries will be at the following locations:

• Meals on Wheels People Central Kitchen — 7710 S.W. 31st Ave. in Portland;
• Double Tree Hotel — 1000 N.E. Multnomah St. in Portland;
• Ambleside Center — 600 N.E. Eighth St. in Gresham;
• Forest Grove Senior & Community Center — 2037 Douglas St. in Forest Grove; and
• Marshall/Luepke Community Center — 1009 E. McLoughlin Blvd. in Vancouver, Washington.

For more information about the community dinners or meal deliveries, call Meals on Wheels People at 503-736-6325, or visit mealsonwheelspeople.org.

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